Poultry-car.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

G. L. BUNDY.

V POULTRY GAR.

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CYRUS L. BUNDY, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

POULTRY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed October 4,1905. Serial No. 281,236.

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OYRUs L. BUNDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scran-.

ton, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Poultry-Oars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in cars, and particularly for thetransportation of live poultry.

The object of the invention is to rovide a car forthe safetransportation of 1ve'poul try, which may be readily loaded andunloaded, and in whlch the poultry may be fed and watered while intransit.

The invention consists in improvements as illustrated in theaccompanying four sheets of drawings.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a section of a car embodying theimprovements of my invention. Fi 2 is a plan view of a coop adapted tobe used in the car. Fi 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a si eview of a portion of the car partially loaded with empty coops. Fig. 5is a section and end view of the car with a few coops in place.v

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan and section illustrating the method ofsupporting and looking a sin le coop in place. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary lront view, on an enlarged scale, showing the locking mechanism. Fig. 8is a side view of the same.

1 1 indicate the main or center sills of the car, which runlongitudinally from end to end and to which draft-rigging is attached.

2 2 are the outer or side sills, which run longitudinally from end. toend of the car and are preferably constructed of channel-iron with theweb vertical and flanges turned inwardly.

3 3 are intermediate sills running longitudinally of the car, which areoutside the center sills. 4 4 are asecond set of intermediate sillsarranged about midwayof theside sills 2 and the intermediate sills 3.

5 is an end beam forming a part of the body-frame.

6 and 7 are body truss-rods connecting the end beams and supporting thecentral portion of the car.

8 and 9 are top and bottom transorns connecting the sills and arrangedat intervals in the length of the car.

, The car is supported upon suitable trucks, as is customary, andprovided with a longitudinal aisle and a transverse aisle, each of whichhas doors at each end.

10 is the floor of the longitudinal aisle. is the floor of ,thetransverse aisle. These aisles divide the car into four sections inwhich the poultry-coops are carried.

12 indicates upright posts supported from the intermediate $1118 3 atintervals corresponding to the arrangement of the transoms.

13 indicates outer posts formed, preferably, of channel-iron andcorrespondin with the inner posts 12. The lower ends 0 the posts 13 aresecured to the side sills 2.

14 indicates a main roof-beam extending longitudinally of the car andconnecting the upper ends of the osts 12.

15 is a side roof eam or plate running 10ngitudinally of the car andformed, preferably, of channel-iron, which is secured to the upper .endsof the outer posts 13.

16 indicates a carline, a series of which are provided corresponding tothe transverse sets of posts for connecting the same and supporting theroof 17.

18 18 are intermediate posts at the ends of the car.

19 19 are intermediate inclined braces at the sides of the transverseaisle.

20 is an inclined brace arranged between the two end inner posts 12. 21indicates a brace inclined upwardly toward the center of the car. One ofthese braces is arranged between eachof the succeeding pairs" ofadjacent inner posts 12.

22 22 are cross-braces arranged at the center of the car between thecenter end posts.

The braces 20 21 22 are all arranged along the line of the intermediatesills 3, so that they stiffen and support the structure of the car.

23 indicates angle-irons secured to the vertical posts 12 and 13 andforming guides for the coops.

24 indicates a coop, the corners, sides, and top of which are preferablyformed of metal slats and the bottom of matched boards.

25 is a door to the coop, which is preferably formed in the top.

26 is a water-tank arranged in the center of the car and supported fromthe roof. This may be filled with water through an opening in the roof.

27 indicates a vertical pipe leading from the tank, one of which isprovided at each corner of the intersecting aisles and is provided wit aseries of branch pipes 28 with suitable faucets or taps.

29 indicates a trough, a series of which are provided and which arefilled from the branches 28 when desired.

The car is arranged to carry one hundred and twelve coops, there beingseven coops to a tier, four tiers to a section, and four sections to acar. All the coops may be loaded into the car from the outside, and thepoultry may be fed and watered from the inside of the car. The troughs29 run longitudinally of each section, may be quickly filled, and asreadily cleaned.

30 and 31 are bolts adapted to be thrown in front of the ends of thecoops when the coops are in place, so as to prevent their removal. Apair of these bolts is carried by a lever 32, which is ivoted in theupright channel-post 13 and ias a horizontal arm.

33 is an upright rod connecting the horizontal arms of all the levers ona single side post.

34 is a shaft running along the outer side of the car, provided withsuitable bearings and connected to the upright rods at each side post bycranks 35.

36 is a handle connected to the shaft 34 and located by the side door ofthe car.

37 is a cleat secured to the side of the car, to which the upper end ofthe handle 36 is adapted to be sealed.

A separate shaft 34 and handle is provided for each section of the car.When the handle 36 is moved outward from the car, it rocks the shaft 34and lifts the rods 33, which in turn rock the levers 32 and withdraw allthe bolts 30 and 31 from in front of the coopcompartments in thatsection. The coops may then be inserted or removed. A single handle thuscontrols the loading or unloading of an entire section.

It will be seen that when a tier of compartments between adjacent postsis filled with coops and locked access cannot be had to the coops eitherfrom the inside or outside of the car. It will also be seen that eachcoop is so held between the guides at the four side edges that when thecoop is locked from the outer side it cannot be removed. In other words,each coop is held independently when locked whether there is anothercoop located above or below it. Whena single tier of compartments isfilled with coops and locked, such coops are held independently of thepresence or absence of coops lateral to them. Thus each individual coop,each tier of coops, and each section of coops are independent,

but all coops in a single section are locked or unlocked simultaneously.

When all the coops are removed from the car, they may be readily cleanedand the car itself may be cleaned thoroughly. The construction is such,however, that most of the dirt may be removed with the coops.

What I claim is 1. A poultry-car having longitudinal center sills, sidesills, intermediate sills, inner and outer upright posts, horizontalguides between the posts and inclined braces between the inner uprightposts and supported by the intermediate sills forming compartmentsopening outwardly for the reception of coops.

2. A car for poultry transportation having longitudinal center sills,side sills, intermediate sills, inclined braces supported by theintermediate sills and forming a longitudinal aisle, upright posts andhorizontal guides carried thereby forming compartments opening outwardlyfor the reception of coops.

3. In a car for poultry transportation, a body having a longitudinalaisle and a transverse aisle, vertical posts arranged at intervals alongthe sides of the aisles and the sides of the body, and horizontal guidessupported by the posts, and coops supported by the guides andindependent of each other and removable outwardly.

4. In a car for the transportation of poultry, a section havin aplurality of tiers of compartments for t e reception of coops, locks forsaid coops, and a single handle and shaft with connections forsimultaneously operating all of the locks for the section.

5. In a car for the transportation of poultry, a. tier of compartmentsfor the reception of coops, locks for holding the coops in thecompartments, and a single operating-rod for all of the locks for thetier.

6. In a car for the transportation of poultry, a compartment for thereception of a removable coop, a locking-bolt at each side of thecompartment, and means for simultaneously operating both locks.

7. In a car for the transportation of poultry, a vertical series or tierof compartments for the reception of removable coops formed by inner andouter stationary vertical posts and horizontal guides carried by saidposts, the entrance to said compartments being from the outside of thecar.

8. In a poultry-car, center sills, side sills, intermediate sills, topand bottom transversely-arranged transoms connecting the sills, postsmounted on the side sills, posts mounted on the intermediate sills, andguides carried between the posts forming independent compartments forthe reception of coops.

9. In a car for the transportation of poultry, .a car-body, verticalposts arranged at ITO intervals along the sides of the body, horizontalguides for supporting removable 000 s, p 1voted levers carried by saidposts tically-movable rods, each rod being connected to all the leverson one post and to said shaft.

CYRUS L. BUNDY. Witnesses:

Mrs. C. L. BUNDY, T. OWEN CHARLES.

